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1. A Theology of Work - Labor Day

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

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David E. Leininger

... people that separates them from Gentiles and presents a testimony to their faith. In times of duress, faithful Israelites would rather die than break God's law by profaning the sabbath. To observant Jews, the sabbath has been a joy, not a burden, a festive day of rest from labor, a day of eating and drinking on which it was forbidden to fast, a day of justice as servants and slaves received a much-needed rest of which they could not be deprived, a day for the poor and hungry to be fed.(5) By the time we get ...

2. The Gospel for Labor Day

Matthew 20:1-16

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T. A. Kantonen

... stood up for twelve hours to the hot sirocco wind come last and each receives the same wage as those who worked for only one hour in the cool of the late afternoon, trouble was sure to come. What are we to make of this strange teaching? Surely organized labor would not approve this kind of wage scale. And the time is long past when an employer can say, "Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?" But our Lord is not setting up any wage scales or bargaining procedures. He simply affirms ...

3. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

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King Duncan

... stretch your lip over your head!” (1) Sounds to me like that would hurt. Some of you are nodding as if this doctor knew what he was talking about. Today, we are not going to talk about those who are in labor, but we are going to talk about laborers. Jesus is looking for laborers, people who will labor for his kingdom. In Luke 10:1-2 we read these words, “After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said ...

4. Manual Labor Is Not the President of Mexico

Proverbs 6:6-8

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James Merritt

... of a sluggard is this: He is a big dreamer, but a little doer. "The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor." (Prov. 21:25) His favorite refrain is "One day..." You can just hear him now: "One day I am going to hit it big." "One day ... work can, and should be done, for the glory of God. The sum of the matter is found in this simple statement: "In all labor there is profit." (Prov. 14:23) We speak of having a "vocation." The very word vocation comes from the Latin word vocare meaning "to ...

5. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

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David E. Leininger

... article concludes, "God gave us minds and muscles to work with, and certainly we work-driven Presbyterians do our share of that. But God also gave us gifts like baseball and monkeys and Autumn and other things that are called fun. And especially on a holiday called Labor Day, we ought to try glorifying God by enjoying them." Well said. A truly Christian understanding of work will accept some facts: that God made work a part of life; our work and the way we do it is a response to God; our motivation for work ...

6. A Labor of Love - Labor Day

Matthew 16:13-20

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David E. Leininger

... full in his wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.(5) The glory of our faith is this: we have not been left alone to struggle with our feeble attempts at discipleship, even though it may be a labor of love. We have help...the help of the one who promises to be with us, even when we try and try and try but never seem to get it right, even when our best efforts come to naught, even in the valley of darkest shadows. He said, "I am ...

7. We Are More Than Laborers - Labor Day

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, Ecclesiastes 5:8--6:12

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Bill Bouknight

... or as a volunteer. If you’re in a slot God intends for your, then enjoy the job satisfaction God gives. The quality of our work is an advertisement of our God, so let’s do it with a touch of class. And remember, we are more than laborers. We are children of the King of kings whose love for us does not drop an iota when we clock out of work. A certain nurse won the admiration of her little Appalachian mountain community with her patience, her cheerfulness, and her genuine concern for others. Her salary ...

8. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... Christians. Today, the number has grown to over one billion believers around the world. None of this growth would have been possible had Christians not been excited and supportive of missions or prayed to "the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Of course, there remains much unfinished work for us because the world population numbers well over four billion, leaving over three billion in spiritual darkness yet awaiting the message of Jesus Christ and his salvation. This seems like a ...

9. Labor Pains

2 Samuel 18:1-18

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There was no Labor Day holiday for Tom Sutpen. Every day he had to wrestle the red-eyed Virginia sun as he bent before the plow. Each sunset he shambled off to his shack. Each night was a black abyss as he heard his children cry out for food and his wife dream of ...

10. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

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Frank Ramirez

... thing of wonder! Yet Jesus told his disciples a time was coming when not one stone would stand upon another. But this kind of cataclysm is not an event that happens to someone else. It happens to us all the time. That’s why Jesus used the language of labor and childbirth to make it clear that suffering is part of what believers can expect in the face of this cataclysm. As he spoke he began to widen the scope of this prophecy from the destruction of the temple to the larger apocalypse that was to come. The ...

11. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

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Russell Conwell

... , not many years ago, a young theological student who came into my office and said to me that he thought it was his duty to come in and "labor with me." I asked him what had happened, and he said: "I feel it is my duty to come in and speak to you, sir, and say that ... stockholders of the factory and their employees. Now, friends, there has also come a discouraging gloom upon this country and the laboring men are beginning to feel that they are being held down by a crust over their heads through which they find ...

12. Beyond Bread and Butter

Luke 12:42-48

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Thomas Slavens

... The Jungle as a protest against the evils of the Chicago meat packing industry, he echoed the words of the Christ, “He has sent me… to set at liberty those who are oppressed.” (Luke 4:18b) When a pastor works full time as an arbitrator in labor disputes she fulfills the words of him who said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9) A second element of the Christian faith which supports this thesis is to be found in the Christian idea that each individual ...

13. Always?

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Rick Brand

... one is doing is the work and will of God and that God has a purpose and a providence that will sustain and preserve the work we do. The patience of hope, the steadfastness of hope, is joy that brightens all our work. Why are we working and doing these labors? What do we expect and what gives us the reason to believe that what we expect will happen? We can endure almost any kind of how and what when life is sustained by a why. The hope of the Christian faith is grounded in the victory of Christ over death ...

14. The Challenge of God's Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

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... message centers in the fact that God once moved to love us and to make us his own. In a sense Jesus Christ is the only laborer in this harvest. He alone could do it. He alone has made it possible for our sins to be forgiven. He alone went the ugly way ... of Jesus here is just as true as the first, but it is sad. While the harvest is truly great, Jesus tells us that the laborers are few. Again, as far as sheer numbers go this is true. While millions and millions are ripe for God's harvest all over the ...

15. God and the Minimum Wage

Matthew 20:1-16

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James Merritt

... could have gone to a different marketplace, and he could have hired totally different workers. He was under no obligation to hire any specific or particular individual. Now I am grateful that I am a child of God. I am grateful as 1 Corinthians 3:9 says, "I am a laborer together with God." I am one of God's fellow workers. I'm grateful everyday that He chose me and called me to work in His vineyard. But I am also well aware He was under no obligation to choose me. In fact, the reason I chose Him is because ...

16. The Vanities Of Work

Ecc 2:1-26

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Erskine White

... true and righteous altogether. He has the whole world in His hands! If you don't trust and believe in that, all your good work will be in vain. You will quit or be defeated and you will end up muttering with the Preacher, "What do we gain from our labors under the sun?" This is just what the Preacher says at the end of our text: "Apart from God," he says, "no one can have enjoyment [in their work]." This is because: when you live for yourself without God, you are liable to be empty and unhappy. And when you ...

17. What It Takes to Stay Christian

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... , and I may never meet her until we meet in heaven. But one thing I do know about her for certain. She understands clearly what it takes to stay Christian in these days. It takes "the work of faith," or to use her word, evangelizing. It requires "the labor of love," or discipling; both must be carried out in "steadfastness of hope" in helping to fulfill the Great Commission. That’s what it takes to stay Christian in Florida today, even as it did in Thessalonica in St. Paul’s day. That’s also what it ...

18. A High FLOSS Church

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to be forced to take a couple hours off to rest, sleep, and eat before heading back out for another long shift. They are driven to save, aching to do good, needing to be out there doing all they can to rescue as many as possible. For both FLOSSers and Laborers, that MasterCard ad is right on: the good feeling that comes from helping others is priceless. As your pastor, I want to thank God this morning that I was called to a High FLOSS church. But I want us to even FLOSS more regularly. I want this church to ...

19. It Isn't Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

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Brett Blair

... Jesus told a story. It was the harvest time of the year. At 7 A. M. a wealthy landowner went to the Town Square to hire laborers. Then, about noon, he came back into town and hired still others. Toward the end of the day there was still a need for more men ... of grapes that had to be brought in before the rains began. So, at 5 P.M. the landowner went back into town and hired more laborers. At sunset all of the men lined up to be paid. When they got their envelopes, lo and behold, all of them had been paid the ...

20. Is Sunday Just a Fun Day?

Exodus 20:7-11

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James Merritt

... eat." The Bible says if a man can work, and he will not work, he ought to go hungry. Now the bleeding heart liberal says, "That's mean-spirited." I beg to differ, it's being wise-hearted. For the Bible also says in Pr. 16:26, "The person who labors, labors for himself, for his hungry mouth drives him on." The Living Bible makes this even more clear: "Hunger is good if it makes you work to satisfy it." There is nothing wrong with a man getting hungry if it will force him to go to work to feed himself. Let ...

21. God's Gift Of Life

Psalm 139:1-24

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Erskine White

... children, yet your desire shall be for your husband" (Genesis 3:16). That's certainly how it is in the delivery room and "labor" is the only word to describe what the mother goes through. I don't believe anyone works harder - man or woman - in this world ... difficult and dangerous journey into life, to that final, unknown journey into death. And when Your saints lay down from all their labors to rest, we thank You for the promise of everlasting life, purchased for us at great price by our crucified and risen ...

22. How to Get the Job Done

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Maurice A. Fetty

... to the task. You will note that after Jesus pointed out that the fields were white unto the harvest he said to his disciples that they should pray to the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray, therefore for dedicated laborers. Some years ago Russell Conwell wrote a best-selling book, Acres of Diamonds. He pointed out that the world is full of diamond-like opportunities for those with eyes to see. One reason people are not dedicated to ...

23. Sometimes You've Got to Shout!

John 12:12-19

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David E. Leininger

... handle things if the new arrival proved to be a Jonathan. By about seven AM, we had come to the conclusion that this was NOT false labor, so we made plans to head in to the hospital. David was awake by now and had been told what was going on. Christie's folks ... preparations to make, so they suggested that I wait outside for awhile. Within a few minutes they summoned me, and I went into the labor room to find that things were moving along at a right rapid pace. I mentioned to the nurses that this was no real ...

24. The Sin of Robin Hood

Exodus 20:15

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James Merritt

... not so obvious, but all is deceptive and destructive. I. Selfish Stealing There are only three ways that you can come into any property of your own. Paul tells us what those ways are in Eph. 4:28: "Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need." Paul said whatever you have, you have because you either earned it by working, you received it as a gift, or you stole it from someone else. So anything that you ...

25. Floating on Your Back

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... stories due to the faithfulness of the converts there. So Paul begins this letter to the church with high praise for the Thessalonians. He says he “always thanks God” for them. He writes that he continually remembers their “work produced by faith,” their “labor prompted by love,” and their “endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” That’s high praise for any group of believers. It is something for us to aspire to. In a sea of idolatry, they were floating on their back, serving ...

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